Abstracts

[Corran]

Thank you both. The sky reflections were a bit of a surprise, at least in terms of how much blue was in the rocks. It was not something I perceived there, but the area was in deep shadow as it was getting later in the afternoon. Sometimes the rocks along the shore are a little brighter in b&w images than I remember, so perhaps it's just a general tendency to reflect blue that I have not noticed!

Will continue to look for such images in the future. In fact, I have some couple sheets of Portra ready to develop this week from the GA coast...

[Jim Becia]

My attempt at “abstract.” Chamonix 4x5, Rodenstock 210, on Provia.

[Pat Kearns]

Very successful abstract Jim.

[slavatokar]

Toyo 45A+Rollei infrared 4x5:
https://live.staticflickr.com/8559/29419441804_9c9d91c715_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LPGk6f)EPSON053 (https://flic.kr/p/LPGk6f) by Вячеслав Филатов (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115618176@N08/), on Flickr

[GabrielSeri]

Halstead Avenue, Pasadena. Abstract.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7873/32600924667_88c63639cc_b.jpg

[Merg Ross]

Rusted Metal, Canada

190282

[Bill Rolph]

Toyo 45D, FP4+ in HC110
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33794288908_6e916966d6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TuhyHA)Rock Abstract 4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/TuhyHA) by Bill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/149475521@N02/), on Flickr

[GabrielSeri]

Halstead Avenue. Pasadena.
https://i.ibb.co/YthQtY5/IMG-20190428-101702-502.jpg
Sinar F1, Schneider G-Claron 150mm, Ilford Delta 100, Rodinal 1:50

[GabrielSeri]

Halstead Avenue. Pasadena.
https://i.ibb.co/kc6zr1s/PSX-20190428-110517.jpg
Sinar F1, Schneider G-Claron 150mm, Ilford Delta 100, Rodinal 1:50.

[David Schaller]

Halstead Avenue. Pasadena.
https://i.ibb.co/kc6zr1s/PSX-20190428-110517.jpg
Sinar F1, Schneider G-Claron 150mm, Ilford Delta 100, Rodinal 1:50.
These are great Gabriel, a wonderful series. Keep em coming!

[GabrielSeri]

Thank you very much David! I'm having a lot of fun doing these.

[Roger Thoms]

Nice work with the 150 G-Claron, one of my favorite lenses. I really like the contrast in corrugated metal shot.

Roger

[Jim Becia]

Chamonix 4x5 with Provia. Somewhere in Zion.

[koraks]

Gorgeous, Jim. Really well done.

[GabrielSeri]

Nice work with the 150 G-Claron, one of my favorite lenses. I really like the contrast in corrugated metal shot.

Roger

Thank you Roger, I am enjoying this lens. I recently bought it and having a blast photographing with it.

[pepeguitarra]

My attempt at “abstract.” Chamonix 4x5, Rodenstock 210, on Provia.

Jim: That is impressive. Have you been traveling in the time? Those look like the imagery of the Anunakis. I can see some evil figures there too!! :(

[Merg Ross]

Chamonix 4x5 with Provia. Somewhere in Zion.

Hi Jim,

I have gone back to this several times. Beautiful, and full of mystery. Well done!

Best,
Merg

[Merg Ross]

Factory Pipe, Keeler, Ca, 1954

Brand 17 4x5 View Camera, Isopan Film, Pyro

191205

[Pat Kearns]

Merg, I really like the circular nature of everything that is anchored by the single hexagon. Well done.

[Merg Ross]

Merg, I really like the circular nature of everything that is anchored by the single hexagon. Well done.

Thanks Pat. The hexagon is not cropped as close in the original print. Taken with a 250 Zeiss Tessar, my only good lens at the time. Considered a long focal length for 4x5, but worked for close-ups with the 17" bellows.

[Jim Noel]

Goodwork Merg. I suspect you miss good old Isopan as much as I. Another good film gone by the wayside.

[Merg Ross]

Goodwork Merg. I suspect you miss good old Isopan as much as I. Another good film gone by the wayside.

Thank you, Jim. Indeed, Isopan was a wonderful film developed in Pyro. At the time, early 1950's, I was making 4x5 contact prints on Defender Varigam.

[Bruce Barlow]

Fred Picker loved Varigam. It was made by DuPont, no?

In any case, after it was discontinued for the consumer market, Fred learned that it was still being made for the government, and offered to buy a full production run. They turned him down. Too bad.

[Merg Ross]

Fred Picker loved Varigam. It was made by DuPont, no?

In any case, after it was discontinued for the consumer market, Fred learned that it was still being made for the government, and offered to buy a full production run. They turned him down. Too bad.

Hi Bruce,

Yes, you are correct. Defender Photo made Varigam until the company was purchased by DuPont after WWII. I believe the Defender name was still used in the early 1950's on the DuPont product.

[Merg Ross]

Transmission Tower, New Mexico
Pan-X, 4x5, D-76

191504

[Andrew O'Neill]

Transmission Tower, New Mexico
Pan-X, 4x5, D-76

191504


Very well executed. May I show this to my photo 12 students? We just started abstract.

[Merg Ross]

Very well executed. May I show this to my photo 12 students? We just started abstract.

Thank you, Andrew. Most certainly show to your students. Over the years I have had the opportunity to share my work with middle and high school students. I have always enjoyed the experience and feedback.

This photograph I came across recently while sorting old work; never exhibited or published, from 1968.

[Pat Kearns]

Fire escape. Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 210mm, TMY.

[Merg Ross]

Fire escape. Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 210mm, TMY.

Right place at the right moment, Pat. Excellent!

[Pat Kearns]

Thank you very much Merg. Coming from you means a lot to me. It is funny, when I was working I walked by that building after lunch for years and never saw it. Then one day I "really saw" it. Thanks again.
Pat.

[takpro]

Fire escape. Tachihara 4x5, Caltar II-N 210mm, TMY.

Beautiful.


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[Pat Kearns]

Thank you Takpro.

[DDrake]

Dirt construction with erosion control, Pullman-Moscow municipal airport. Comments and critique welcome.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48013990232_c0cdffb459_b.jpg
DIY 4x5 / Fujinon 135mm f/5.6 / FP4+ in Xtol

[austin granger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49090135478_680dcfd5b8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hMVM1b)Shingles, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2hMVM1b) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Alan Curtis]

Austin
In the words, I mean word of Ken Lee. Bravo

This is spectacular.

[scheinfluger_77]

Austin
In the words, I mean word of Ken Lee. Bravo

This is spectacular.

I concur!

[Colin Graham]

Dirt construction with erosion control, Pullman-Moscow municipal airport. Comments and critique welcome.


Really nice, like this one a lot.

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/flameout.jpg
Fujinon 300L/ 5x7

[austin granger]

Thanks Alan, Steve.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49096372648_bb3389f33d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hNtK6A)Evidence, Beaverton (https://flic.kr/p/2hNtK6A) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

I like your bricks too!


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49090135478_680dcfd5b8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hMVM1b)Shingles, Portland (https://flic.kr/p/2hMVM1b) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

[Pat Kearns]

Thanks Alan, Steve.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49096372648_bb3389f33d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hNtK6A)Evidence, Beaverton (https://flic.kr/p/2hNtK6A) by Austin Granger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/), on Flickr

Austin, this is a great photograph. It would be appropriate in the "Minimalism" thread as well.

[austin granger]

Thank you Tin Can.

Thanks Pat. As a curious aside, I noticed that if you rotate this image 180 degrees, it become convex. The brain is a strange and marvelous thing! :-)
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[Roger Thoms]

Austin, the paint brushes are nice. :)

Roger

[Colin Graham]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/abstV.jpg

5x7/Fujinon 180W

[Pedro_fiz]

Graflex Crown Graphic + Imagon 200
Kodak portra 160
Compard digibase c41
Epson V800
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200107/81f73694b094109c876d32d7f69e6ec6.jpg

[Corran]

The Wave
Eastman View No. 1 5x7, Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6, X-ray film dev'd in Rodinal 1:1:100

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/tree-5355ss.jpg

[David Schaller]

I like that one a lot Bryan! The composition is great, and I’m impressed with your mastery of x-ray film. Bravo!

I took a hike with my Crown Graphic today, and wished I’d had either more skill with it, or a camera with more straightforward movements, or a lens with more coverage. Maybe I just need to practice more. This is with a Schneider Xenar 135/4.7, on HP5 in Pyrocat.

https://i.imgur.com/c2te9tR.jpg

[C. D. Keth]

From a series of architectural abstracts I did several years ago when I lived in Los Angeles. I'd like to pick up where I left off now that I'm shooting again.

https://live.staticflickr.com/8459/8005216066_9b42822ed4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dcoPQE)
Architectural Abstract 1; 2012 (https://flic.kr/p/dcoPQE) by Chris Keth (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/8200/8248304843_59e0aa5d6a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dySHEt)
Architectural Abstract 2; 2012 (https://flic.kr/p/dySHEt) by Chris Keth (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/), on Flickr

[Clement Apffel]

https://live.staticflickr.com/8200/8248304843_59e0aa5d6a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dySHEt)
Architectural Abstract 2; 2012 (https://flic.kr/p/dySHEt) by Chris Keth (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/), on Flickr

I really like that one ! Bravo !
And thank you for sharing.

And actually, the first one reminded me of something somewhat similar I did back in 2013 when I was living in Lyon.

201843
201844
201845
201846

All with Chamonix 4x5, Super-angulon 90/8, Tmax in HC-110

[C. D. Keth]

I really like that one ! Bravo !
And thank you for sharing.

And actually, the first one reminded me of something somewhat similar I did back in 2013 when I was living in Lyon.

201843
201844
201845
201846

All with Chamonix 4x5, Super-angulon 90/8, Tmax in HC-110

Thank you! They do have a similar feel, don't they. Your compositions remind me of Rothko paintings but with textures where he had color.

[Pat Kearns]

Handrails
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, 210mm Caltar II-N lens

[Pat Kearns]

Fort Barrancas
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, 90mm Caltar II-N lens

[Merg Ross]

Fort Barrancas
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, 90mm Caltar II-N lens

Stunning!

Best,
Merg

[Pat Kearns]

Thank you Merg.

[Alan Curtis]

Pat
Several wonderful photographs in the Fort. Did you have any difficulties photographing using a 4x5 at the there?

[Pat Kearns]

Thank you Alan, I'm always drawn to photograph bright white subjects and Fort Barrancas has great subject matter. The Fort is part of the National Park Service and is on the Pensacola Naval Air Station. The public is allowed to visit the Naval Air Museum, the Pensacola Lighthouse, and the Fort. The Fort is accessible to the public with an admission charge by the National Park Service. There isn't any photography restrictions nor did I have any difficulties using a 4x5 except for the occasional tourist. I advise wearing shoes not sandals and long jeans because of the grass is covered with sand spurs. When I got back to the car it took about 20 minutes to scrape the sand spurs off the bottom of my shoes and the legs of my jeans.

[Ulophot]

Outstanding image, Pat.

[takpro]

Handrails
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, 210mm Caltar II-N lens

Beautiful [emoji1360]


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[Pat Kearns]

Thank you Ulophot & takpro.

[bijutoha]

Love the new style you've been adding to your thread. I really like this one, it makes me inspire about photographic (Abstract) movements. Any video on that would be excellent.

[jtomasella]

Fort Barrancas
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, 90mm Caltar II-N lens

That picture has every tone in the book.

[Pat Kearns]

Love the new style you've been adding to your thread. I really like this one, it makes me inspire about photographic (Abstract) movements. Any video on that would be excellent.

Thank you bijutoha. Sorry I don't have a video to share. It's time consuming enough just setting up and getting the photo so video is an unnecessary complication in the mix. There is a lot of inspiration in this thread as well as all the other threads. This site literally has the most talented, knowledgeable, and inspirational photographers in the world contributing to it.


That picture has every tone in the book.

Thank you jtomasella. I said in an earlier response that I like photographing white subject matters. The light and shadows brought out the full tonal range. The light was starting to change quickly and the brilliance of the white disappeared soon after I made the exposure.

[Pat Kearns]

Church window.
Tachara 4x5, TMY, 210mm Caltar II-N lens
Negative cropped to square image.

[Michael Roberts]

Awesome, Pat!

[Pat Kearns]

Thank you, Michael.

[Merg Ross]

Church window.
Tachara 4x5, TMY, 210mm Caltar II-N lens
Negative cropped to square image.

Pat, this works well. Circle in the square is perfect. Bravo!

[Merg Ross]

203029

Shower Curtain

Plus-X, D-76 1:1, 150mm Symmar, 1974

[Pat Kearns]

Pat, this works well. Circle in the square is perfect. Bravo!

Thank you Merg. The architect of that church had some unique designs in the architecture as can be seen in the photo in thread #932.

Best regards,
Pat

[Ken Lee]

203029

Shower Curtain

Plus-X, D-76 1:1, 150mm Symmar, 1974

Bravo !

[Joe O'Hara]

http://www.colinflanarygraham.com/No75/public_html/No75/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/abstV.jpg

5x7/Fujinon 180W

That's a beauty, Colin.

[tonyowen]

Sunlight and Shadow
Paper negative iso6
regards
Tony

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49850841657_ae4a11356e_z.jpg

[takpro]

Sunlight and Shadow
Paper negative iso6
regards
Tony

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49850841657_ae4a11356e_z.jpg

I like this [emoji1360]


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[barnacle]

I like it also - particularly the slight contrasts in the shadow area.

I've been walking past a similarly lit wall every day for the last two months but the timing is critical; either it's the wrong time of day, or it's raining, or I don't have the camera with me.

Neil

[tonyowen]

QUOTE=takpro;1550173]I like this [emoji1360] Tapatalk[/QUOTE]


I like it also - Neil

A belated thank you to you both
Regards
Tony

[Scyg]

Hope this isn't too figurative for this thread:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49862196143_fbc19d554c_o.jpg

[Joe O'Hara]

https://www.josephoharaphotography.com/img/s/v-10/p3900810144.jpg

Black Run

[macolive]

I love this..

[macolive]

Fort Barrancas
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, 90mm Caltar II-N lens i love this!

[Tin Can]

Scan of Print hand made 1997 2/9

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49955648426_f6804ff8bc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j7pKRd)Lie Hate 1997 2 of 9 (https://flic.kr/p/2j7pKRd) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Before it is deleted, I will argue that the image was made by a LF camera Scanner

[jtomasella]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49977483573_cea166512f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j9kEFg)Burnt log (https://flic.kr/p/2j9kEFg) by John tomasella (https://www.flickr.com/photos/186014358@N07/), on Flickr

FP4+ 150mm lens. Developed in HC-110 1+31. This is a scan of the darkroom print

[jp]

A little dot of white makes an interesting B&W form go all crazy abstract. Part design, part imagination on the viewer's part. Click and make the photos bigger; do you have a preference for either photo? Inside the boathouse at Alford Lake it was very dark, so I used a small flashlight in the scene to focus the camera. I could see if looked cool, so I made a photo on purpose before removing the flashlight. By leaving in the led flashlight, it receives a bit of inspiration from George's Seeley's 1907 "Firefly" pictorialist photograph (you'll never find a nice scan of it online, but it's in the Camera Work compilation book if you have that) with the later modernist experiments in abstraction. Photographed with my speed graphic, 9" Gundlach Hyperion soft focus lens, and 4x5 tmax 400 film.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50045805757_5c03be30c9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jfnQtX)
img116a (https://flic.kr/p/2jfnQtX) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50045549891_6376cd8c99_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jfmwqt)
img116b (https://flic.kr/p/2jfmwqt) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[Salmo22]

Unedited scan of the negative. This may be a challenge to print once I'm back in the darkroom.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50065681372_a447b6c558_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jh8GNY) PARK CENTRAL ABSTRACT - Phoenix, Arizona (https://flic.kr/p/2jh8GNY) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

Arca-Swiss 4x5, Ilford Ilfotch DDX, 32 seconds @ F/22, Illford FP4+, ISO 100, Nikon Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6, SP-445 Compact 4x5 Film Processing System

[Pat Kearns]

River Birch Bark
Tachihara 4x5, TMY, Caltar IIn 210mm lens.

[Merg Ross]

205785

Tar Pool, Keeler, CA 1954
4x5, Isopan, Pyro

[jmontague]

“LOREN”, RINO arts district, Denver.
Chamonix 45N2, 4x5 TMax, Pyrocat HD, scan of negative.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200713/1b878bfa62755f61bc6bfbb1a87ecdf8.jpg


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[Tin Can]

Yes, that is very abstract!

[David Schaller]

205785

Tar Pool, Keeler, CA 1954
4x5, Isopan, Pyro
That's another great one Merg. Thanks for sharing, and continuing to be an inspiration to many of us.

[Bill Rolph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50109801553_386c11700e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jm2QcK)Glass abstract (https://flic.kr/p/2jm2QcK) by Bill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/149475521@N02/), on Flickr

I shattered my ground glass on an excursion to a state park the other day, and ground a new one in a hurry before going back. I couldn't make any images on that trip for another reason, but I saw the dried out grinding media left on the other piece of glass and thought it was interesting enough to photograph.

8x10 Afga green x-ray film exposed at 50 iso, developed in HC-110 1+60 for 5 minutes at 23°C, contact printed onto Ilford multigrade RC.

[Dugan]

That's beautiful, Bill! Nice tonality, very well seen & executed.

[Dugan]

205785

Tar Pool, Keeler, CA 1954
4x5, Isopan, Pyro

That's a great one, Merg...great texture and composition. Very reminiscent of Devil's Racetrack, but with added texture and shades that draw you in.

[Merg Ross]

That's another great one Merg. Thanks for sharing, and continuing to be an inspiration to many of us.

David, thank you. I have recently been going through some forgotten early work from the 50's. At the time, this one was a puzzle to many viewers. What is it? Is it an aerial photo? No, it's a tar pool. One of my favorite quotes from Wynn Bullock: "Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived."

[Tin Can]

Some see images everywhere

Very good!


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50109801553_386c11700e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jm2QcK)Glass abstract (https://flic.kr/p/2jm2QcK) by Bill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/149475521@N02/), on Flickr

I shattered my ground glass on an excursion to a state park the other day, and ground a new one in a hurry before going back. I couldn't make any images on that trip for another reason, but I saw the dried out grinding media left on the other piece of glass and thought it was interesting enough to photograph.

8x10 Afga green x-ray film exposed at 50 iso, developed in HC-110 1+60 for 5 minutes at 23°C, contact printed onto Ilford multigrade RC.

[Merg Ross]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50109801553_386c11700e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jm2QcK)Glass abstract (https://flic.kr/p/2jm2QcK) by Bill (https://www.flickr.com/photos/149475521@N02/), on Flickr

I shattered my ground glass on an excursion to a state park the other day, and ground a new one in a hurry before going back. I couldn't make any images on that trip for another reason, but I saw the dried out grinding media left on the other piece of glass and thought it was interesting enough to photograph.

8x10 Afga green x-ray film exposed at 50 iso, developed in HC-110 1+60 for 5 minutes at 23°C, contact printed onto Ilford multigrade RC.

Excellent! A reward for the images you missed at the park.

[Bill Rolph]

Thank you for the kind feedback everyone, it means a lot.

[David Schaller]

David, thank you. I have recently been going through some forgotten early work from the 50's. At the time, this one was a puzzle to many viewers. What is it? Is it an aerial photo? No, it's a tar pool. One of my favorite quotes from Wynn Bullock: "Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived."
That's exactly what makes it great for me Merg! The Wynn Bullock quote is one that expresses this perfectly.

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/sheet0147.jpg

Field of barley
Småland, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, Symmar 135/5.6, HP5+ 9x12

[Merg Ross]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/sheet0147.jpg

Field of barley
Småland, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, Symmar 135/5.6, HP5+ 9x12

Excellent!

[takpro]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/sheet0147.jpg

Field of barley
Småland, Sweden

Chamonix 45H-1, Symmar 135/5.6, HP5+ 9x12

Love it.


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[Merg Ross]

206181

Canvas Roof, El Cerrito, CA 1957

[Merg Ross]

206182

Mattress Spring, Goldfield, Nevada 1957

[Roger Thoms]

Nice one, had no idea what it was untill I read the caption, that's my kind of abstract.

Roger

[Tin Can]

Yes, Merg, I really like those

I am working one sorta like one of yours

It's coming!

[Merg Ross]

Thanks Roger and Randy. I wanted to place it with the one at the end of the previous page; but the page turned! They make a good pair.

[Roger Thoms]

Thanks Roger and Randy. I wanted to place it with the one at the end of the previous page; but the page turned! They make a good pair.

My comment was for the canvas, didn’t see the mattress spring until after I posted. Yes the two images make a good pair.

Roger

[Merg Ross]

My comment was for the canvas, didn’t see the mattress spring until after I posted. Yes the two images make a good pair.

Roger

Understood, thanks Roger. Now we wait to see what Randy comes up with.

[Merg Ross]

206328

Cracked Linoleum #2, 1954
Northumberland Mine, Nevada

[Tin Can]

Very abstract!

[Pat Kearns]

Cracked Linoleum #2, 1954
Northumberland Mine, Nevada[/QUOTE]

Outstanding, Merg.

Regards,
Pat

[Merg Ross]

206363

Film Hangers, Berkeley, CA 1953

First day with view camera. 4x5 Sanderson, B&L 7"? lens, Grafmatic exposure #6.

[Daniel Stone]

Now Merg, I have a somewhat abstract question for ya: “Do you still have those stainless hangers in your darkroom, to this day?” :)

[Merg Ross]

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Now Merg, I have a somewhat abstract question for ya: “Do you still have those stainless hangers in your darkroom, to this day?” :)

Hi Daniel. No, those Urell film hangers found a new home decades ago. They sat outside my father's darkroom awaiting my discovery, forever immortalized in 1953.

[Corran]

Sand and Mud
Intrepid 4x5, 150mm APO Symmar, TMX, Pyrocat:

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bigtalbot-5520ss.jpg

[Vaughn]

10x4 carbon print. The printing process reverses the image so you may not be able to tell what it is. (j/k)

Print tossed on the office scanner and slightly messed with with a light-weight program trying to get it to look something like the original.

[Corran]

Intrepid 4x5, 240mm G-Claron

http://www.esearing.com/Bryan/AV/photosharing/bigtalbot-5567ss.jpg

[unityofsaints]

206363

Film Hangers, Berkeley, CA 1953

First day with view camera. 4x5 Sanderson, B&L 7"? lens, Grafmatic exposure #6.

The fact that you are still sharing images 67 years later is an inspiration - thank you!

[h2oman]

Intrepid 4x5, 240mm G-Claron


Very cool that there is a black stone, and a white one. I like this quite a bit.

[Vaughn]

Cool, Bryan. The low angle of the light is great -- especially the blueness of the shadows against the warmth of the mineral(?) stain.

[Merg Ross]

The fact that you are still sharing images 67 years later is an inspiration - thank you!

Thanks for noting. It's been a fun few years.

[Jahanzeb]

Not sure if this entirely fits here

Wista VX
Schieder 165/f6.8 angulon @f22
E.I 50
Fuji HR-U
D23

208051

[Vaughn]

Fits like a good shoe...

great image.

[Peter Collins]

Wow, Corran!

[Corran]

Thank you h2oman, Vaughn, and Peter.

Indeed, I'm not sure what is causing the coloration, but it definitely caught my eye, along with the competing stones.

[Merg Ross]

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Steel Wheels, Oakland, 1972

[Rick A]

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Steel Wheels, Oakland, 1972

Wow! I had to stop and stare a while. I'd love to see the print in person, it's incredible.

[Merg Ross]

Wow! I had to stop and stare a while. I'd love to see the print in person, it's incredible.

Thank you, Rick.

Scan of silver gelatin print. 4x5 Plus-X, D-76 1:1, 150mm Symmar Convertible

[Michael Roberts]

https://michaellynnroberts.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1953367716-4.jpg

Somebody’s got to follow Merg....

[jon.oman]

Nice one!

[Michael Roberts]

Thanks Jon!

[h2oman]

Well done - revives me from Antelope Canyon fatigue!

[jp]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50944256651_aac0aa1b25_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB)
img189bw (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

In the woods playing in the snow with my speed graphic, out of focus lens (don't remember which) and some fp4+.

[Ben Calwell]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50944256651_aac0aa1b25_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB)
img189bw (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

In the woods playing in the snow with my speed graphic, out of focus lens (don't remember which) and some fp4+.

That’s nice, Jason.

[Michael Roberts]

Well done - revives me from Antelope Canyon fatigue!

Thanks h2oman, I know what you mean!

[jp]

Thanks Ben.

Here, I mix a bit of layers found in abstract styles and shapes/tones composition and general softness found in pictorial styles.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50951585122_b53fa5356d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kCqc8y)
img186a (https://flic.kr/p/2kCqc8y) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Aero Ektar and 4x5 FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc

[martiansea]

Greetings everyone, here's one of my abstracts:
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I shot this on Kodak Ektar 100 color 4x5 with my Cambo SC, Schneider Symmar convertible 210mm f5.6 lens. I then scanned it with an Imacon Flextite and edited in Photoshop. The editing I did was to turn it into a tritone with different colors put into different tonal regions. This was then separated and printed on inkjet films, approximately 22x30" in size. These film separations were then used to make a polychrome gum print. The colors you see in the final print aren't necessarily what I was seeing in photoshop, since the colors of the gum depend on what pigments I put in them. So, what you're seeing is a multilayered gum print made of blue, yellow and orange layers. Each color has multiple layers and some heavy brushing was done on the final blue layer to get the interesting texture. The original colors of the film had no bearing on the final print; I could have just as easily done this with B&W film.
This is the first really large gum print that I did. It's on Arches Aquarelle, 22x30.

[Dugan]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50944256651_aac0aa1b25_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB)
img189bw (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

In the woods playing in the snow with my speed graphic, out of focus lens (don't remember which) and some fp4+.

I really like this!

[jp]

I really like this!
Thanks


Martiansea: Those colors and shapes look very nice!

[martiansea]

Martiansea: Those colors and shapes look very nice!

Thanks! The photo itself was pretty straight, but I had alot of fun with the print. I love gum printing.

[Merg Ross]

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Torn Fabric / ENV
Fort Ord, CA

[Michael Roberts]

Lots to see in this one, Merg! Thanks for sharing this! Great combination of forms, contrast, and tones.

[Dugan]

Beautiful, Merg!
When was that photo made?

[Winger]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50944256651_aac0aa1b25_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB)
img189bw (https://flic.kr/p/2kBLCCB) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

In the woods playing in the snow with my speed graphic, out of focus lens (don't remember which) and some fp4+.

I love this!

[martiansea]

Camera-less!
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4x5 Arista litho film. Held the film holder against the wall where the light pattern was hitting it, opened the dark slide and then quickly shut it. Imacon scanned and then false colored duotone in Affinity Photo. Did several versions with different color combos. Really enjoy how it turned out.

[Merg Ross]

Beautiful, Merg!
When was that photo made?

Thanks Dugan, and Michael -

Drafted in 1963, my infantry training was at Fort Ord. The base was closed in 1994, and I returned in 2006, making this photograph from inside the old base laundry facility. The place I recalled, all spit and polish, was now in a state of decay. I spent the entire day photographing there.

[Merg Ross]

213416

Brig Window, Fort Ord, CA 2006

[h2oman]

For some reason, I've never given its one its due! A great concept.

[Alan Curtis]

213346
Torn Fabric / ENV
Fort Ord, CA

Excellent photograph Merg.

I'm guessing the day you spent photographing Fort Ord in 2006 was more enjoyable than your days there in 1963.

[Merg Ross]

Excellent photograph Merg.

I'm guessing the day you spent photographing Fort Ord in 2006 was more enjoyable than your days there in 1963.

You are absolutely right, Alan. I wouldn't trade the one day there in 2006 for the ninety days in '63.

Hope you are keeping well, and safe.

Best,
Merg

[martiansea]

213491
Fomapan 100, Cambo SC with Schneider Symmar 210mm f/5,6. Imacon Scanned

[lassethomas]

https://scatteredlightblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheet0348.jpg

We can not let this thread stay inactive for too long, can we?

Chamonix 45H-1, G-Claron 210, Velvia 50

[Pat Kearns]

Cinderblock Wall

Tachihara 4x5
TMX Film
Caltar-IIN 210mm lens
05/2021

[David Schaller]

Cinderblock Wall

Tachihara 4x5
TMX Film
Caltar-IIN 210mm lens
05/2021

Very nice!

[Tin Can]

Agree!

[Dugan]

Outstanding image, Pat!

[Pat Kearns]

Thanks David, Randy & Dugan.

[Merg Ross]

222580

Carpenter's Bench

[Renato Tonelli]

Kudos to Pat and Merg!

[Joe O'Hara]

The treatment is perfect for the subject matter, Merg.

I am reassured knowing that I'm not the only one with drill holes and saw marks on my benchtop. But I thought it was because I'm not a carpenter ;-)

[Alan Curtis]

Merg captured the well used and productive bench.

[Merg Ross]

Thank you Renato, Joe, and Alan. And yes, kudos to Pat (#1151) --- a fine example of light and shadow.

Best,
Merg

[Pat Kearns]

Thank you, Renato and Merg.

Merg,
The treatment of your Carpenter's Bench blows my mind. I'm still shacking my head. If you hadn't identified it, I would have never guessed what it was.

Best regards,
Pat

[Jojje]

With Speed Graphic and Industar I-51 (210mm)222604

[Edison]

229562
Arista.edu 100
Rodenstock 150 5.6

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, Heliopan CPL, Lee Orange 21, FP4+, Pyrocat-HD.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52256840151_632e062a31_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nBKXYB)--- (https://flic.kr/p/2nBKXYB) by atomstitcher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/), on Flickr

[Robert Opheim]

230768

This image is sort of abstract. 4x5 Tri-X D-76 - 135mm Symmar-S

[Robert Opheim]

230769

This image is a bit more abstract - 12 inch Dagor f/32 5 seconds 4x5 Tri-X HC-110

[Robert Opheim]

230801

I've been playing with log / driftwood at the local beach for a while. 355mm G Claron, f/45 HP5 HC-110

[Robert Opheim]

Edison, I really like your image!

[Robert Opheim]

231142

Another image 355mm G Claron, f/45 HP5 HC-110

[jmontague]

Chamonix 4x5, 150mm app-sironar, Ilford Delta 100, Pyrocat HD

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/14518e9e239b1259911b8693590886a9.jpg


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[Robert Opheim]

231192

Kenmore Community Club - circa 2000 - 300mm Nikor M - f/45 - 5 seconds. Tri-X film with HC-110 developer

[Pat Kearns]

Jmontague, Bravo on the image of the bricks in your photograph #1170 above. This works well in a square format. I really like the chaos of the broken bricks and splattered mortar in the center offsetting all the static bricks. The only other thing I can say is...... I wish I had seen this before you.

Best wishes,
Pat

[jmontague]

Thank you for the kind words, Pat! Much appreciated.


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[jp]

Great images Edison & Robert!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52471309289_980d2c7b74_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nWHbbn)
solar4 (https://flic.kr/p/2nWHbbn) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Tonopah Nevada. October 2022.
4x5 negative scanned and colorized in four tints.
4x5 Graflex speed graphic, 9" Gundlach Hyperion soft focus lens
Ilford FP4+ film in pyrocat hdc.

It was sort of futuristic and Martian landscape at the same times.

[Robert Opheim]

Thank you Jason for the kind words of encouragement! Your idea of multi-coloring your "Crescent Dues Solar Energy Project" is very fun. Very nice balance of colors!

[Robert Opheim]

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Building Facade - Stanwood Washington. 4x5 Tri-x HC-110 - Dagor 8 1/4 inch lens F/22 1/2 second